I first read Davidson 30 years ago: at that time it was already in its 5th edition. A brief comparison shows that it then contained about 440,000 words in 1,100 pages: the current edition has compressed 625,000 words into 800 pages. I think I bought it as a student because it was cheap: but also because it seemed to be comprehensive and straightforward, and I have used it as a basis for my medical knowledge ever since. So I miss some of the old pictures of the acute skin rashes such as scarlet fever: in fact infectious disease has been transferred to the back and genetic factors take the first chapters. But careful linguistic comparison will still uncover the old phrases which some of us know by heart-there are minor changes such as 'alarming reactions to intravenous iron are uncommon, but have occasionally been noted', which becomes 'alarming systemic anaphyllactic reactions can occur'. Sir Stanley Davidson made 'no attempt to describe every rare disease or syndrome, but devoted most of the space available to those disorders most commonly encountered in practice'. I have grown up with successive editions, and have gradually come to appreciate the problems of the authors in the compression of knowledge. Having got to know many of them personally as real people rather than as names I can still recommend the book. It is the essential starting point for the study of internal medicine and for many doctors will remain their base reference work. The present editors have kept up-to-date and been prepared to prune the dead wood. There are many competitors in the market, and the publishers must take care with layout and illustration, although Davidson is still the best value for money. I will continue to recommend it to my clinical students: they will need to read it and know it to pass final MB. Postgraduates will need to remember the facts, but also to be able to place them in a broader perspective. The older consultant will still happily read it, and to get to know the authors themselves is really to complete your medical education. Dr John Macleod and his team have successfully kept alive the primary objective 'to provide a rational and easily comprehensible basis for the practice of medicine'. The book is economical in price and compact in size, but still contains the essential truths for the practice of good medicine.

Davidson's Principles and Practice of Medicine

A Case of Congenital Word-Blindness.

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A survey of face recognition techniques

Real-time security requirements continue to increase due to the occurrence of various suspicious activities in open and closed environments. Day-to-day security threats may seriously affect everyone lives. Many techniques have been introduced in this regard, but still some issues remain unaddressed. The work presented in this paper provides video surveillance with improved accuracy and less computational complexity. The most significant part of the system consists of face localization, detection and recognition. The system obtains underlined facial data through a video dataset or from the real-time environment. Subsequently, face/foreground and background keyframes are extracted from at hand captured video data. Finally, extracted facial image data is compared with the facial images in the database. In case no match is found with the existing data, a security alarm or signal is generated, alerting security personnel to take action. The proposed system is more accurate, has better performance, and is low cost compared with existing systems.

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Real-Time Surveillance Through Face Recognition Using HOG and Feedforward Neural Networks

EEG is one of the most useful techniques used to represent behaviours of the brain and helps explore valuable insights through the measurement of brain electrical activity. Hence, plays a vital role in detecting neurological conditions. In this paper, we identify some unique EEG patterns pertaining to dyslexia, which is a learning disability with a neurological origin. Although EEG signals hold important insights of brain behaviours, uncovering these insights are not always straightforward due to its complexity. We tackle this using machine learning and uncover unique EEG signals generated in adults with dyslexia during writing and typing as well as optimal EEG electrodes and brain regions for classification. This study revealed that the greater level of difficulties seen in individuals with dyslexia during writing and typing compared to normal controls are reflected in the brainwave signal patterns.

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EEG Signal Analysis of Writing and Typing between Adults with Dyslexia and Normal Controls

This paper discussing on a system that able to manage and monitor the visitors of an organization using face recognition as an authentication method. After the authentication and verification process, valid visitor will be printed with visitor card that will print out the face image of the visitor, date and time of visiting and the name of the person to be visited. Face recognition visitors management system (FRVMS) is proposed to enhance the security of an organization from outsiders that entering the building illegally for certain purposes such as spying or stealing the organization assets. Centralize system enable managing and monitoring process become more efficient. Cost of development is also taking into consideration as this system is not requiring any extra devices. Face recognition is using web camera that is already embedded with the computer. Several similar systems and technologies were reviewed and analyzed before designing the system. A system framework was proposed and prototype was developed. System advantages are highlighted but the main advantages of this system are to enhance the security and cutting cost of system development.

Face recognition for security efficiency in managing and monitoring visitors of an organization

Web-based learning tool provides incorporated environment of various technologies to support diverse instructor and learner needs via the Internet. Electronic learning materials can be accessed easily by normal students but not for dyslexic students. This is because student with Dyslexia needs more attention and guidance from the instructor and special tool is needed to improve their learning environment. This paper proposed the design for a Math Web-based learning tool based on pedagogical techniques for dyscalculia.

http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/iel7/7057734/7066586/07066622.pdf

Web-based learning tool for primary school student with dyscalculia

https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/1712/1/012009/pdf

IoMT: A Review of Pacemaker Vulnerabilities and Security Strategy

This paper discusses Mobile Banking and Payment Systems using Short Message Services (SMS). The main goal of this system is to make banking services available to all mobile users in general with proper security in place and at minimum risk. This system provides banking services such as balance enquiries, fund transfer or bill payment and allows purchasing from stores. Any transaction is done through the SMS where the users of the system need to type the specific codes or commands for the transaction that they want to make. The commands require the user to type the PIN number (which is converted as hidden and encrypted text) and TAC (Transaction Authentication Code) for security purposes. Different transactions will have different commands that are sent to Malaysian Electronic Payment System (MEPS). These commands are then sent to respective banks through the encrypted channel. The components that are needed to enable this system are any kind of mobile phone that supports SMS system, encrypted communication channel and the banking system. This system makes transactions easier the users as neither cash nor credit cards are required for any transaction.

SMS banking transaction as an alternative for information, transfer and payment at merchant shops in Malaysia

The Internet of Things ( IoT) is a system of interrelated computing devices, mechanical and digital machines equipped with unique identifiers (UIDs), and the ability to transmit data over a network without needing human-to-human or human-to-computer interaction1. In the broadest context, the word IoT includes anything that is connected to the Internet, but it is also used to circumvent it 1. By combining connected devices with automated systems, it is possible to gather, analyze, and act upon information to help someone with a particular task or learn from a process. Thanks to the integration of various technologies, real-time analytics, machine learning, commodity sensors, and embedded systems the concept of the Internet of things has grown.

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Nor Azlina Abd Rahman

Papers

Face recognition for security efficiency in managing and monitoring visitors of an organization

Web-based learning tool for primary school student with dyscalculia

IoMT: A Review of Pacemaker Vulnerabilities and Security Strategy

SMS banking transaction as an alternative for information, transfer and payment at merchant shops in Malaysia

IoMT: A Review of Open APS System Security for Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus